Bill Text: IL HB3886 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop and implement a crisis standards of care plan as an annex to the Department of Public Health's Essential Support Function (ESF-8) Plan for Public Health and Medical Services, to assist health care facilities and provide support in situations in which local medical resources are overwhelmed, including, but not limited to, public health emergencies. Sets forth requirements for the Department in developing a crisis standards of care plan. Sets forth requirements for representation within the multi-disciplinary planning committee. Identifies the persons to whom the Department shall disseminate the crisis standards of care plan. Provides rulemaking authority to the Department. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0658 [HB3886 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3886-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0658 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by adding Section 2310-257 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-257 new) | ||||
Sec. 2310-257. Crisis standards of care plan. | ||||
(a) The Department shall develop and implement a crisis | ||||
standards of care plan as an annex to the Department of Public | ||||
Health's Essential Support Function (ESF-8) Plan for Public | ||||
Health and Medical Services, to assist health care facilities | ||||
and provide support in situations in which local medical | ||||
resources are overwhelmed, including, but not limited to, | ||||
public health emergencies, as that term is defined in Section | ||||
4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | ||||
(b) In developing a crisis standards of care plan, the | ||||
Department shall: | ||||
(1) collaborate with the entities listed in Sections | ||||
2310-50.5 and 2310-620 of the Department of Public Health | ||||
Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||
Illinois; | ||||
(2) ensure the crisis standards of care plan addresses | ||||
situations in which a conventional response moves to a | ||
crisis response and key resources may be affected; | ||
(3) establish a multi-disciplinary planning committee | ||
with representation from the following, as applicable: | ||
(A) the Department and local public health | ||
agencies; | ||
(B) emergency medical services; | ||
(C) healthcare providers and facilities, including | ||
representation of rural, urban, and critical access | ||
and municipal healthcare providers and facilities; | ||
(D) medical ethicists; | ||
(E) healthcare coalitions, including, but not | ||
limited to, a statewide association representing | ||
hospitals; and | ||
(F) other members from across the State with | ||
expertise within their disciplines, as necessary, to | ||
inform and develop an emergency medical disaster plan; | ||
(4) conduct literature reviews to develop an | ||
inclusive, culturally sensitive, and ethical framework for | ||
the Emergency Medical Disaster Plan Crisis Standards of | ||
Care Annex, which considers, among other factors, ethical | ||
healthcare decision making, health equity, and social | ||
determinants of health, and the equitable distribution of | ||
patients and critical healthcare resources in a manner | ||
that, to the maximum extent possible and given resources | ||
available at the time, reduces shortages of healthcare | ||
resources to preserve lives during a public health | ||
emergency; and | ||
(5) disseminate the crisis standards of care plan | ||
among healthcare providers and facilities, emergency | ||
management officials, public safety communities, and other | ||
stakeholders, including, but not limited to, disseminating | ||
information about, and gathering feedback on, the | ||
emergency medical disaster plan, including gathering | ||
general information and data, assessing regional needs, | ||
perspectives, specific capabilities and potential | ||
challenges, to ensure a structured, ethical, culturally | ||
sensitive, and integrated framework and approach to | ||
equitable distribution of resources during public health | ||
emergencies. | ||
(c) The Department may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
this Section.
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